Red Hops?

[jaymack]

A friend recently visited a new Pub and sampled the house brew. It was a red ale that the bartender/owner/whatever said was a contract brew made by Molson and the secret ingredient was a Red hop.
He also claimed it was not a dyed hop but a naturally red hop.

My amigo asked if I had ever heard of this and I doubted he was being told the truth about "red hops".

Can anyone verify this? It's a new one to me.

Cheers,
J

 

[david_42]

I hope this isn't what they are talking about:

OSU: The spider mite will also feed on the petals of the cones causing them to turn brown, a condition growers call "red hops".

Or maybe:

Saazer, also called Bohemian, Bohemian Red Hop, Zatezki poloranny zervenak (Saazer medium early red hop). Very old variety, crappy yields. Seems the stem of the flower is red.